Latch for barn-doors, &amp;c.



' C. S. ADAM.

LATCH FOR BARN DOORS, 6w.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1912.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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WITNESSES CHRISTOPHER S. ADAM, OF MOLSON, WASHINGTON.

LATCH FOR BARN-DOORS, 8w.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHRISTOPHER S. ADAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Molson, in the county of Okanogan and State of \Vashington, have invented a new and useful Latch for Barn-Doors, &c., of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in latches for barn doors, etc.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of latches, and to provide a simple, inexpensive and efi'icient door latch of great strength and durability, designed for use on barn doors, gates and various other closures, and adapted to afford a firm hand hold at each side of a door or gate to enable the same to be readily opened in winter without removing a glove or mitt from the hand, the latch bolt being connected to the handle in a novel manner to permit the reversal of the bolt.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claim, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing:Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of a latch, constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a portion of a door. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view, the bolt being reversed. Fig. 5 is a detail View of the spring. Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, the latch, which is shown applied to a barn door 1, comprises in its construction a horizontal bolt 2 guided in an eye 3 of a bolt 4: and eccentrically connected at its inner end to a handle 5. The latch may be constructed of any suitable material, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 6, 1912.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Serial No. 702,089.

the handle 5, which is in the form of an oblong loop, is provided at its inner side with a threaded opening 6 to receive a threaded portion 7 of a shank 8, which is formed integral with a similar handle 9. The shank 8, which constitutes a horizontal pivot, extends through an opening of the door 1, the handles 5 and 9 being located at opposite sides of the door. The end portions of the handles are curved, as shown, and the shank 8 is connected with the central portion of the inner side of the handle 5, which is rigidly secured to the shank by a lock nut 10. Instead, however, of providing a central threaded opening 6, the shank may be polygonal to fit a similar opening in the inner side of the handle 5. The threaded portion of the shank, however, has the advantage of providing a latch, which may be readily adjusted to suit doors and gates of different thicknesses. The eye bolt 4 is also provided with a relatively long threaded portion to enable it to be adjusted to doors and gates of diflerent thicknesses. Washers or plates 11 are preferably interposed between the inner sides of the handles 5 and 9 and the opposite faces. of the door to prevent wear of the latter, and they are provided with openings 12 through which the shank 8 passes.

The inner end 13 of the bolt 2 is enlarged and provided with a countersunk opening 14 through which passes a screw 15 engaging an eccentrically arranged threaded perforation 16 of the inner side of the handle 5. The inner side of the handle 5 is provided with a flattened attaching portion extending above the shank or pivot 8 and having the inner end of the bolt 2 fitting flat against it. The bolt 2 is located above the plane of the shank, and it is adapted to be reciprocated by turning either of the handles 5 and 9, which afford a firm hand hold or grip both in manipulating the latch and in opening and closing the door. The screw provides a detachable pivotal connection between the bolt and the handle 5 and enables the bolt to extend from the operating handle in either direction. This will obviate the necessity of constructing right and left hand latches and will enable the latch to be arranged to fit a door hung at either edge and swinging in either direction.

The reversible bolt 2 may be actuated in its outward or engaging movement by a spring 17, consisting of an intermediate coil, a hook-shaped upper portion 18 extending from one end of the coil and a lower straight attaching portion 19, which is preferably secured to the door by means of a clip plate 20. The upper hook-shaped or inverted U-shaped portion 18 engages over the bolt and bears against horizontal projections formed by a pin 21, piercing the latch bolt in rear of the eye bolt and projecting from opposite sides thereof, as clearly illustrated in Fi 3 of the drawing. The lower attaching portion has its terminal 22 bent inwardly at right angles and embedded in the door, and the said lower attaching portion is en aged at an intermediate point by the clip plate 20, secured to the door by a screw 23 passing through a perforation of the clip plate and embedded in the door. The screw passes through one end of the clip plate, and the other end of the clip plate is provided with a lug 24, spaced from the screw and adapted to engage the spring at the side opposite that at which the screw is arranged. The spring may be secured to the door in any other suitable manner. The door latch may, of course, be used Without the spring, but when the spring is employed a beveled strike plate or keeper 25 is preferably used.

What is claimed is A latch of the class described including a loop shaped handle, a horizontal shank adapted to extend through a d'ffF'and connected centrally to the handle and forming a pivot therefor, a bolt guide arranged in spaced relation with the handle above the plane of the said shank, said handle having its inner side facing the door formed with a flattened and enlarged portion which extends above the pivot and is provided with a transverse opening, a reversible latch bolt having its inner end flattened and fitted against the flattened portion of the handle Within the loop, and at a point above the said shank provided with an opening registering with the said opening in the handle, said bolt being slidable longitudinally through the said guide, and a screw passing through the openings in the inner end of the bolt and said handle and adapted to be removed to permit the detachment of the bolt from the handle and its reversal.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTOPHER S. ADAM.

Witnesses:

C. A. Porrnn, C. A. BLATT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner or Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

